ENGAGE [5-10 minutes][http://microsite.smithsonian.com/tt/email/engage.jpg] DISCUSSION QUESTION [Level 1]:The March on Washington happened 51 years ago. Those who were there remember feeling like this march would bring about change. Do you think it led to enough change? Why or why not?

DISCUSSION QUESTION [Level 2]:The March on Washington was massive and nonviolent. People of all ages and races traveled across the country to attend. Why was this approach effective? Why was the diversity of participants important? Would this approach be as effective today? Why or why not?

* Civil rights leaders announced their plan for a march on July 2, 1963. They organized the massive demonstration in just eight weeks. * Organizers were unsure how many people would attend the March on Washington. The final number—at least 250,000—was more than double the original projection. * Martin Luther King, Jr. brought the power of nonviolence to the Civil Rights Movement. As a leader, however, he endured much violence. He was arrested 30 times, assaulted at least four times, and received countless death threats. He was assassinated in 1968 at the age of 39.